humana8-ka11052012.htm
 
UNITED STATES
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
 
Washington, DC  20549
 
 
FORM 8-K/A
 
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
 
 
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)    November 5, 2012
 
 
Humana Inc.
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
 
Delaware
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
 
1-5975                                          61-0647538
 
(Commission File Number)                      (IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
500 West Main Street, Louisville, KY                          40202
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)
 
 
502-580-1000
 
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
 
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Explanatory Note
 
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A is filed as an amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Humana Inc. (the “Company”) on November 5, 2012 (the “Original 8-K”) to update certain guidance points reported incorrectly in Exhibit 99 to the Original 8-K.  All other disclosures of the Original 8-K remain unchanged.
 
Item 7.01   Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
An earnings release was issued by Humana Inc. this morning reporting financial results for the period ended September 30, 2012, updated 2012 earnings guidance, and financial projections for 2013.  In the financial projections for 2013, due to a scrivener’s error, certain guidance points were reported inaccurately.  The following corrects and replaces certain 2013 guidance points for the Health and Well-Being Services Segment included in the Original 8-K:
 
 
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Revenues = $14.75 billion to $15.25 billion
 
·  
Operating Cost Ratio = 95.5 percent to 96.0 percent
 
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Pretax margin = 3.0 percent to 3.5 percent.
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
 
                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
HUMANA INC.
 
 
 
BY:     /s/   Steven E. McCulley                               
              Steven E. McCulley
              Vice President and Controller
              (Principal Accounting Officer)
 
 
 
Dated:    November 5, 2012